ANIMATING WITH REFERENCES
- ShrutiRoyBir
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 10, 2021
If you are a part of a busy creative Industry, animating using references can save lot of time. Most importantly, we can learn theories and technics already been discovered.
During my study in Solihull college, one of my instructor mentioned it to me that don't waste time discovering things which have been already discovered. I was always a kid who likes to explore the topic more and like to do own experiments first. But gradually I learning, how to use theories & technics during this course.
Camel's walk cycle below, I have done in the past for one of my freelancing projects. I animated this one with referencing without any idea. I discovered the way by myself but I never knew that actually there will be a workshop "animating with referencing videos" in this module.
Anyway, previous experience always help to to bridge the gap. As instructed I collected some key poses from the reference video and then started my animation. Yes we have the freedom to animate with exaggeration and make it more appealing. But this time I tried to give it a realistic touch.
Above video shows the simple example of using references. I believe this kind of animation practice is more helpful if we are into movie or game designing industry. And with references we can give an animation a realistic approach.
I tried my best and came up with the final video added here. may be not the best one as I am still learning but I believe I am making progress and this blog is going to help you to improve your animation too. If you think so pls like and comment.
Pretty good work, Shruti. See how much reference can help with timing :) I'd like to see the poses pushed further, as well as the spacing - this will make the action more dynamic and create greater appeal. Your weight for the last part (where she steps back) can be improved. Notice in the reference how she antics forward before she steps back. That's how she shifts her right foot before the back step, because she's taken her weight off of it on the antic. Don't forget to submit these exercises for more formative feedback. That's a valuable part of the learning process.